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LOCH NESS MONSTER

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Overview

LOCH NESS MONSTER (noun)
  The noun LOCH NESS MONSTER has 1 sense:

1. a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotlandplay

  Familiarity information: LOCH NESS MONSTER used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


LOCH NESS MONSTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Loch Ness monster; Nessie

Instance hypernyms:

legendary creature (a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual)

Holonyms ("Loch Ness monster" is a part of...):

Loch Ness (a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain)


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